Nationwide associations of Lawyers and Judges have declared that Judge J. Michael Flournoy is among the 10 worst Judges currently on the bench. Now he has returned from his court ordered suspension on Dec. 26th, 2000, to serve out the remainder of his current term two years. He intends to run again, and is a disgrace to the bench and our County.

DISHHONORABLE JUDGE J. Michael Flournoy, ever since having been appointed to the bench in 1992 has been in the news repeatedly for his bizarre behavior and cases: And before the cases that resulted in his suspension, he had been reprimanded at least SIX TIMES! The investigations and the findings regarding these reprimands have never been made public.

But as was widely reported in local, state and national papers in July of 1995, he allowed a seance in court in order to read into the court record the words of a person dead over 600 years! And this outrageous incident is noteworthy in so far as it is the first time since the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 that spiritualism has been utilized to resolve a court case in American justice!

This and his more recent violations earned Flournoy the distinction of being elected by lawyers and his peers as one of the ten worst judges in the country. (

google.com, or any of the major search engines using the key words: "Judge J. Michael Flournoy" You will be amazed.

AND---

After all of this--

on December 26th, 2000--

he returned

to the bench? .

We as dedicated and concerned citizens of Coconino County, Arizona must take greater responsibility for judges that serve on the bench in our community! Unlike other elected public servants, our elected judges hold matters of life and death, wealth and poverty, freedom and or the lack thereof in their decisions. Only those that have had the misfortune of having had a biased and corrupt judge such as J. Michael Flournoy preside over their court actions can understand the full impact that such a person has on lives.

Judges with dishonorable records such as J. Michael Flournoy must not run unopposed in our county elections. And there must not be "an unspoken agreement among interested parties" that incumbent judges face no opposition in elections .

And they must certainly not sit in judgement of others after having committed acts such as Flournoy was charged and found guilty of.

Flournoy's record speaks for itself, and it speaks against him. Besides the six previous reprimands, he was found guilty of:

Court Record tampering

Intemperate, biased, remarks

Sexually demeaning remarks.

Any one of these offenses from any other civilian servant would have warranted severe action!

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